أمير البحر

Arabic

Noun

أمير البحر • (ʔamīr al-baḥr)

1. admiral

Usage notes

Frequently but erroneously glossed as the origin of the Medieval Latin titles that gave rise to English admiral and its many cognates.

Synonyms

• أَدْمِيرَال (ʔadmīrāl)

References

• David Abulafia (2012), The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean, pp. 321–322.